Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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The isolation of microbes is important to obtain a single microbe in the population. As the microbes are almost present everywhere, it means that the environment contains more different species of microbes is available. The isolation is important to separate the desired microbe from the rest of the mixed population.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 29.1 - What happens to the flow stream in fluorescence...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.1 - Describe the rationale upon which the extinction...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 4CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 29.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 4CC
Ch. 29.3 - How do radioactive and stable isotopes differ?...Ch. 29.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 29.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 29.3 - What is the difference between MAR and MAR-FISH?...Ch. 29 - Prob. 1RCCh. 29 - Prob. 2RCCh. 29 - Prob. 3RCCh. 29 - Prob. 4RCCh. 29 - Prob. 5RCCh. 29 - Prob. 6RCCh. 29 - Prob. 7RCCh. 29 - Prob. 8RCCh. 29 - Prob. 9RCCh. 29 - Prob. 10RCCh. 29 - Prob. 11RCCh. 29 - How might you attempt to grow in the laboratory a...Ch. 29 - Both acetate and CO2 can be used by methanogenic...Ch. 29 - Prob. 3AL
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